Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-18
FRANKLIN LITERARY SOCIETY.
Report of the Secretary Read at the Last
Meeting.

The echoes OF the evcng are faint and
and numerous a. We ramble "n. About the
! first thing that c"lideS with the tympamunl
of memory Is the comfortably filled house
that President Rocket called TO order shortly
| after o'clock.
What followed AT once leave for co
nundrnm.
Then came the "TwiES OF the 2gth, "
headed by the secretary's farewell to the
| Muse. coquettiSh ''immortar who favored
| further Irritation but was nipped in the bud.
| In this. like III all other complaints. an
ounce of prevention is worth a pound OF
| cure, and, when taken in time. its easy Ia
break the bent to rhyme.
The volunteer programme" did not quite
meet with expectations, but the audience
| was IN clever humur and bore up with
pleasing furtituds.
George {. Steinberger opened the eNeT-
| C~eS with a humorous talk about Africa.
| which converted number Ot mouths into
| hammock shaped apertureS and added
| about twenty-five inches 10 their total
| width
Miss Minnie Dayy followed with some
sensible advice against the silly habit of eN,
| cuSing ones folly by the very common
plea Everybody does"
Fred's reading brought out the pop "a
ne" qualities OF the majority. 1t formed Il
good background for his original efforts.
the contrast being to his credit.
The other side of the grange" was a
laughab!e selection from Peck's Bad Boy,
and was handled in such a sympathetic
style that one might suppose Edward L. II.
narrowly escaped being in the same con
demnation.
The Shingle." by Charles Fenton.
seemed 10 be another appeal to total de
pravity," but like the preceding production,
doubtless has its Uses. if mirth has place
in the economy of health. and the discom-
Torture of gobber dignity.
The organ and accCrdeon duet, by the
iermans, father and sou, proved CHEEKY
prelude 10 recess. FIguratvely
speaking. it caused the Johnny
jUmp-upS" 10 bloom in the broad aisle that
extends like Mason Dxon'S line between
the northern and southern divisions OF
bonny Franklin, and inspired the two OPP
posing sexes 10 fraterniZe.
During recess. which was longer than
usual, several questions were proposed for
the inter society contest, two Of which
were discarded. partly because OF their See
ondary importance. and a third because
hackneyed and impractical. The fourth got
through in the face of determined opposi-
tiOn and was duly entered On the pro-
gramme for this evening. After all, what
is more interesting than breakfast, dinner
and supper?
Only half the contestants were present 10
debate the resolution about wumanS moral
superiority, but nevertheless. there was a
rattlina skirmish. in which the negatives
captured one Judge IA commercial traveller,
notwithstanding the terrible odds on the
bench. The other two sOlonS being ladies,
the result was proverbial.
The president announced the coming
election and urged the voters 10 get their
candidates in the field promptly 10 facilitate
business. He jovially declined second
term unless the salary CO., vas increased.
suggest that we add another cipher i'll
order TO meet all who decline on the above
grounds.
After some delay the anticipated civiIity
10 the Hunter Star Debating society was
formulated and forwarded 10 its genial
president. Miss Pyle.
Yours. ID. o. SrEINBERGEE.
Secretary +. l.. ).
THE GROVE" April Is, 1887.